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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Sumatra) > Batak Simalungun

Batak Simalungun

A language of Indonesia (Sumatra)

ISO 639-3bts

Population  1,200,000 (2000).
Region  North, northeast of Lake Toba.
Language map  Indonesia, Sumatra, reference number 8
Alternate names   Simelungan, Timur
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands, Batak, Simalungan
Language development  Bible: 1976.
Writing system  Batak script. Latin script.